OSCE Conference Against Trafficking Dispatch: What Needs to Be Done to End Human Trafficking?

The 23rd Alliance Conference Against Trafficking in Persons signalled the importance of the political will in combatting trafficking in human beings and a multidisciplinary approach with multilateral participation in policymaking.

Weekly News Recap (24-30 May 2021)

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION Sweden: Supreme Court Ruled that Posing with Dead Bodies during an Armed Conflict Constitutes a War Crime CJEU: Legal Action Against European Borders and Coast Guard Agency ECtHR: Applicants’ Right to Freedom of Expression Infringed in the United Kingdom and Sweden ECtHR: Applicant’s Plea Against his Conviction on Grounds of Violation ofContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (24-30 May 2021)”

Weekly News Recap (3-9 May 2021)

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION USA: Federal Judge Accused Trump DOJ of Misleading Court and Congress IACHR: Precautionary Measures Granted in Cases from Nicaragua and Venezuela ECtHR: Violation of a Journalist’s Freedom of Expression USA: Police Officer Charged in George Floyd’s Murder Petitioned for New Trial Germany: Constitutional Court Upheld Night Curfews in COVID-19 Fight KSC: TrialContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (3-9 May 2021)”

Weekly News Recap (19-25 Apr 2021)

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION KSC: Pjetër Shala Pleaded Not Guilty and First Decision on Victims’ Participation in Thaci et al. Case USA: Restoration of Gun Ownership Rights under the Second Amendment to Keep and Bear Arms ECtHR: Notice of a Case Involving Aleksey Navalnyy’s Imprisonment India: Principle of Non-Refoulement Applied to Refugees from Myanmar The Netherlands:Continue reading “Weekly News Recap (19-25 Apr 2021)”

Weekly News Recap (8–14 Feb 2021)

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION ICC: Postponement of Yekatom and Ngaïssona Trial ICJ: New President and Vice-President elected Poland: Court Order for Two Prominent Historians to Apologise for their Holocaust Research ACtHPR: The Election of New Judges Germany: Alleged Nazi SS Guard is Charged with the Murder of 3,518 people ECtHR: Several Violations of the Convention inContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (8–14 Feb 2021)”

Weekly News Recap (18–24 Jan 2021)

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION Russia: Navalny’s Arrest and Call of UN Experts for His Immediate Release ECtHR: Right to Respect for Private Life Violated in X and Y v. Romania ECtHR: Russia to Reform Their Handcuffing Procedure ECtHR: Only a Violation of the Right to a Fair Trial Found in Timofeyev and Postupkin v. Russia ECtHR:Continue reading “Weekly News Recap (18–24 Jan 2021)”

Weekly News Recap (11–17 Jan 2021)

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE SECTION ECtHR: The right to respect private life not violated in Munir Johana v. Denmark and Khan v. Denmark HRC: DRC violated the right to life of Pascal Kabungulu STL: Appeals in the Ayyash et al. case IACHR: Precautionary measures expanded in Venezuela to protect the rights of persons suffering from multiple sclerosisContinue reading “Weekly News Recap (11–17 Jan 2021)”